CBI Court Hears Argument On Sentencing Lalu Prasad In Fodder Scam

The Special CBI court on Friday heard argument on sentencing of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and other convicted persons in a fodder scam case (RC64A/96) through video conferencing. The defense lawyers pleaded for leniency in punishment, saying Lalu was suffering from several diseases and was also 70 years old.Lalu Prasad’s lawyer Prabhat Kumar said they mentioned before the court that Lalu...

Guidelines For Filing Vakalat: Madras HC Stays Some, Suspends One As Advocates Show Practical Difficulties [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has stayed till March 1 the procedure set out by it for filing vakalat to weed out fake advocates which called upon all advocates to mandatorily furnish their enrolment IDs and photographs while filing vakalat.A bench of Justice Huluvadi G Ramesh and Justice RMT Teeka Raman stayed the procedure set out by Justice S Vaidyanathan in November 2017, which was to come into...

Bombay HC Upholds State’s Decision To Cancel Selection Of Man For Post Of JMFC As He Was Tried For Serious Offences [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by one Mohammad Imran, who challenged the cancellation of his selection to the post of Civil Judge Junior Division and Judicial Magistrate First Class citing an unfavourable police verification report.The bench of Justice Vasanti Naik and Justice Sarang Kotwal was hearing the case.Case BackgroundThe petitioner was selected after giving...

SC To BCCI: Allow Bihar To Play Ranji Trophy

It’s a huge victory for cricket in Bihar and aspirants from the state willing to make it to the national level.The Supreme Court today ordered the BCCI to allow Bihar to play Ranji Trophy and other domestic cricket tournaments. It is going to happen after a long 14 years.Bihar last played in Ranji Trophy in 2003-04 season when Mahendar Singh Dhoni was the captain.Following infighting...

CBI Special Judge Sentences A Sweets Manufacturer To Two Years Imprisonment For Polluting Yamuna [Read Order]

In a landmark judgment upholding the ‘Polluter Pays’ principle, a CBI Special Judge of Tiz Hazari court, Delhi, Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal, on November 21, sentenced a sweets’ manufacturer, owner of Haryana Paneer Bhandar,  to two years’ imprisonment, for discharging without treatment, its entire trade effluent generated during the washing process of sweets/namkeens...

Centre Notifies The Electoral Bond Scheme To "Cleanse" Political Funding [Read Notification]

The Centre, on Tuesday, notified the Electoral Bond Scheme, in a bid to "cleanse the system of political funding in the country".The intention to introduce electoral bonds was communicated by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Budget speech on February 2 last year. Notified after a period of 11 months since then, the salient features of the scheme are: The Electoral Bond would be a...

Two Additional Judges of Himachal Pradesh HC Are Appointed As Permanent Judges [Read Notification]

President of India has appointed two Additional Judges of Himachal Pradesh High Court as permanent Judges.As per the notification issued on Thursday, Shri Justice Sandeep Sharma and Shri Justice Chander Bhushan have been appointed as permanent Judges with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective office.Read the Notification...

Three Additional Judges Appointed In Jharkhand High Court [Read Notification]

President of India has appointed Three Additional Judges in Jharkhand High Court. As per the notification issued on Thursday, Shri Rajesh Kumar, Smt Anubha Rawat Choudhary and Shri Kailash Prasad Deo has been appointed as additional Judges of High Court for a period of two years.Read the Notification...

More Women Lawyers Should Engage With DLASs To Help Women Prisoners: Standing Committee On Women Empowerment

The Standing Committee on Empowerment of Women has suggested that more women lawyers should engage with the District Legal Aid Societies (DLASs) to facilitate access for justice to women prisoners.In its report titled ‘Women in Detention and Access to Justice’, the Committee, chaired by Ms. Bijoya Chakravarty, also suggests that an impact assessment of the Model Prison Manual, 2003 and...

Maternity Leave Is Part Of Service Period, Must For A Woman To Be Real Mother: Madras HC [Read Order]

Almost a fortnight after the Kerala High Court upheld a woman’s fundamental right to dignity as a mother, the Madras High Court has now said it is the fundamental right of a lady to give birth to a child and nurture him and maternity leave period should be deemed to be the service period.Justice N Kirubakaran has held that any rule or law which holds that maternity leave has to be excluded...

NGT Issues Bailable Warrant Against DMRC Chief [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal has issued bailable warrant against the managing director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in a matter pertaining to rain water harvesting along the metro train tracks and in areas under its control.A bench headed by UD Salvi ordered that bailable warrants be issued after none of the senior officials from DMRC appeared before it to apprise it about the possibility...

Kamala Mills Fire: Petition In Bombay HC Seeks CBI Probe, Arrest Of Owners Of Building Where Fire Broke Out Under S.304 IPC [Read Petition]

Gaurav Sud, an 18-year-old from Mumbai studying in the United Kingdom, has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking a CBI probe into the Kamala Mills fire tragedy that took place on December 29 in South Mumbai’s Lower Parel leading to the death of 14 people.The petitioner has also sought the owners of the said building where the fire broke out to be booked under Section 304...